Awning.



Patented Aug. 28, I900.

G. SALflUlST.

AWNING.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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GUSTAVE SALQUIST, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

AWNING.

srncirrzcnrrolv forming part of Letters Patent no. 657,073,- datedAugust 28, 1900. Application filed December '7, 1899. Serial No.739,538. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE SALQUIST, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, resid ing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Awnings;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in awnings; and it consists of tworopes or sets of ropes, one rope or set of ropes being outside and theother inside of the canvas cover, each rope or set of ropes beingindependently operated, the outer set being utilized to raise the frameand the inner set to raise the canvas,which sags down when the frame israised. These features,together with others auxiliary thereto, willnowbe described in detail, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the awning with the canvasremoved. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same with the canvas in place, thepartly-raised position of the parts being indicated by dotted lines.Fig. 3 is a top view in detail of the Windlass construction, shown on alarger scale. Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line X X, Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a detail view illustrating the means for lowering the awning-frame,the parts being shown on a larger scale. Fig. 6 is a fragmentaryperspective view illustrating a detail of construction.

Similar reference characters indicating corresponding parts in theviews, let the numeral 5 designate a portion of a building or stationarystructure to which are attached brackets 6 above and keepers 7 below.There are two of these brackets, and they are so fashioned as to engagethe extremities of a bar 8, which is inserted from above and may bedetached by lifting it upward. To this bar are attached the upperextremities of the inner set of ropes or cords 9 and the pulleys 10 forthe outer set of ropes 12. One extremity of each rope 12 is attached tothe awning-bar 13, while the other extremity is attached to a drum 14,journaled in a casing15, attached to the stationary structure. Movablymounted on top of this casing is a slotted guide 16, through which theropes 12 pass. This guide is provided with hooked extremities whichengage the outer walls of the drum-casing and lock the guide againstlongitudinal movement. Two bolts 17, supported above the guide, preventthe latter from moving upwardly, while it slides freely back and forthbeneath said bolts as the cords travel in winding from one end of thedrum to the other. This guide causes the two cords to wind togetherevenly. Without this guide the cords would separate and wind unevenly,causing the wound portion of the drum to vary in diameter. When thisresults, one cord winds faster than the other, which condition isundesirable.

The Windlass structure is provided with a pivoted dog 18, adapted toengage notches formed in one flange of the drum for locking the latterin the desired position. The outer extremity 19 of the drum-spindle isangular in cross-section to receive a hand-crank 20. The cords 9 passthrough guide-rings 21, mounted on the bar 13, and merge into a singlecord 22, adapted to be wound on the hooks 23.

The inner extremities of the side rods 24 of the awning-frame areprovided with rollers 25, which engage track-plates 7 of the keepers 7.On opposite sides of each roller the rod is provided with projections26, which pass between the track plate 7 a and the keeper-arms 7, whichproject downwardly from said plate. The rod 24 passes between the twokeeper-arms. At a suitable distance from the rear extremity of each rod24 is attached a short cord or cable 27, whose upper extremity isconnected with the stationary structure 5. This flexible device 27 formsa sort of hanging fulcrum for the rod 24, whereby as the bar 13 islowered the rear extremity of the rod is raised from the dotted-lineposition to the full-line position. (See Fig. 2.)

When it is desired to raise the awning, the crank 20 of the drum 14 isturned and the cords 12 wound therearound, thus raising the bar 13 andthe rods 24, the canvas 13 and the cords 9 saging downward, as indicatedby dotted line in Fig. 2. During the raising of the hinged frame,composed of the bar 13 and the rods 24, the inner extremities of therods move downward in the keepers 7, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.After the hinged frame is raised to the desired position the canvas maybe independently raised by pulling on the cords 9. One object of twosets of ropes or cords is to save the canvas from the wear incident tothe use of a single set. When using a single inner set of ropes in theordinary way, the canvas is bunched between the frame-bar 13 and thebuilding or other structure and is forced tightly against the runningparts underneath, subjecting it to great wear. By my' improvedconstruction, in which two sets of ropes are employed, the canvas isallowed to sag downward during the raising of the frame. The wear on thecanvas when raised alone is comparatively little. Another importantadvantage resulting from the two sets of ropes is that it is much easierto raise an awning of this construction, since the movement of the cordsemployed in raising the frame is not retarded by contact with thecanvas. This feature is particularly advantageous in the case of heavyawnings." The term two sets of cords 9 and 12 must be understood asembodying a single cord 9 and a single cord 12, since with some smallawnings only one outer cord and one inner cord need be employed.

As shown in the drawings, (see Fig. 5,) the rod 24 is preferablyprovided with a detachable part 24, carrying a roller 25. When theroller becomes worn out, the part 24 may be removed and a new partsubstituted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 7 An awningprovided with one or more cords located outside and one or more cordslocated inside the canvas, the one set of cords being employed to raisethe awning frame and the other set to raise the canvas, and the two setsof cords being capable of independent movement.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVE SALQUIST.

